Cloudside Café

Chapter 18: Eighteenth cup of coffee

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Checking and monitoring is indeed very labor-intensive. The longer it takes, the faster Xia Zhi's patience will be consumed. The worry at the beginning gradually turned into irritability, and she finally couldn't bear it any longer, frowning and scolding: "It's so big that I don't worry about it, I know it's nonsense every day!"

Yun Xian didn't have the extra energy to deal with her, just staring at the screen, trying to find a familiar figure from the crowd.

Yun Yan has always been sensible and well-behaved, with self-care ability, and is very familiar with the surrounding environment. Because of this, Yun Xian is even more worried, because no one knows where he will go, what he will do, and what his current state of mind is.

Nearly an hour later, Yun Xian took off his glasses and rubbed the ends of his red eyes. Jiang Ying took out a bottle of eye drops from his bag and handed it to him.

Yun Xian took the small black bottle and asked her softly, "Are you tired?"

Jiang Ying shook her head, her body was exhausted, she had not slept all night and the rushing between the two cities had exhausted her physical strength, but her spirit was tense and did not dare to relax.

Xia Zhi answered a few calls halfway through. She was the grade director and led a key class, so she had to deal with a lot of things.

Jiang Ying got up and poured a glass of water, smiled at her, and put the paper cup by her hand.

Xia Zhi had been busy all day and just didn't have time to take care of other things. She pulled Jiang Ying over and said apologetically, "I'm so sorry today, I asked you to accompany you all the way."

Jiang Ying smiled and shook his head.

Xia Zhi's cell phone rang again, and seeing that it was Yun Qian's head teacher, she hurriedly picked it up.

"Hey, Mr. Tao.... Back to school? That's fine, that's fine, we'll be over right away."

Yun Xian heard it too, and heaved a sigh of relief. He got up and said to the policeman behind him, "I'm sorry for wasting your time."

The policeman waved his hand: "My job is my job, go back and have a good communication with the child!"

Yun Xian responded repeatedly and walked out with big strides.

Jiang Ying and Xia Zhi followed behind him and hurried back to school.

In the office, Yun Qian, who had been missing for a day, sat on the single sofa with his head down.

Yun Xian stopped at the door and took a deep breath to calm down.

Seeing the parents coming, Teacher Tao took the initiative to get up and leave space for them: "The child also admitted to me that he was wrong. If there is anything we need to communicate well, Yunmao has always been excellent."

Yun Xian nodded: "Thank you teacher."

Standing behind Yun Xian, Jiang Ying was a little unsure of what he was thinking. She was thinking about how to stop him if there was a fight, when he saw him take a step forward, put his hand on the boy's head and pressed it down, and asked in a low voice, "Yes. No food? Are you hungry?"

Yun Yan also seemed quite surprised, and shook his head blankly. The school uniform T-shirt was loose, covering the boy's thin body and looking empty. His facial features are very similar to Yun Xian's, but more youthful and immature. Perhaps he knew that he had caused trouble, and now he is sitting obediently, as if waiting for his departure.

"Let's go home first today, I won't be able to study at night, I'll help you and the teacher ask for leave." Yun Xian took his schoolbag and held it in his hand, and even jokingly said, "I ran away from home and brought so many books with me. The school tyrants set is not down."

Yun Yan blushed when he said that, wondering if his brother stabbed him by saying the opposite.

Xia Zhi stood aside and finally said, "Take him back first, I have two more evenings for self-study." After speaking, she turned around and went out without looking back.

Jiang Ying secretly breathed a sigh of relief, this family is really unpredictable.

On the way back, Jiang Ying thought that Yun Xian would be able to cross-examine it, but he didn't say anything other than asking them if there was anything they wanted to eat and whether beef noodles were okay.

It was probably the first time that Yun Yan had done something bad, and he was ready to be severely criticized, but in the end no one scolded him, which made him even more panicked.

He glanced cautiously at Yun Xian, who was opening a food delivery app to choose carefully.

"Brother, do you have nothing to scold me for?"

Jiang Ying couldn't hold back, and burst out laughing: "You hope he scolds you."

Yun Xian also thought it was funny, and pinched his cheek: "Yes, I dared to skip school, and finally ran back to school, are you cowardly?"

Yun Kao grinned and covered half of his face, muttering, "I didn't want to play truant."

"Then what do you want to do? The world is so big, do you want to see it?"

"I just don't want to go to school." Yun Yan's voice became smaller and smaller.

"I don't even know if I did well in the exam or did the homework right. Teacher Tao told me that the exam will be over in half a month, and if you endure it, it will pass soon. But for me , is it a year, half a month, or tomorrow, it's all the same, I'm numb. I can't listen to the class, I get nauseated when I see the test paper, I don't know what I want to do, I just feel pain when I sit in the classroom, I think I need to Suffocated."

After finishing speaking, Yun Yan leaned his head against the window, staring at the buildings passing by outside in a daze, and said after a while, "Brother, do you think I'm hypocritical? But I'm really uncomfortable."

Yun Xian's hand clenched into a fist and clenched tightly, then released it after a while, and patted Yun Yan on the shoulder.

How can he comfort his brother

Tell him that the future is still long, is this nothing

But Yun Xian looked back at his thirty years and saw only long agony.

When his brother was two years old, his parents divorced, and he did not have the memory of a complete family in his consciousness.

But Yunxian has, he has witnessed a harmonious and happy family falling apart.

When his parents were arguing, he could always hear the phrase "what did I sacrifice for this family", as if the existence of him and his younger brother was constantly depriving them of their happiness and light.

He was bored to study, to work, and to live.

Why resign, why leave Beijing.

Just because one day he found that he had no emotions.

He had insomnia all night long, tossing and turning hard to fall asleep.

In the half-dream and half-awake state of confusion, Yun Xian always saw himself trapped on the bottom of the sea, his body was falling infinitely, and he could not see the sun or smell the fresh air.

Dying, blood stagnant, pulse beating weakly to maintain the last trace of life.

How can a person live if he can't even breathe.

"Life is really hard. Day after day, you always have things to worry about. However, no matter if tomorrow is sunny or rainy, there will always be something worth looking forward to tomorrow." On Jiang Ying's cheeks, it is either clear or ignorant. Her voice is gentle and peaceful, like the evening wind in early summer, wrapped in the sweetness of cherries, gently brushing the pedestrians who have been busy all day.

"I've worked overtime for a week, and I haven't slept for nearly 30 hours now, but when I think that I'll have a bowl of warm beef noodles later, I feel so happy."

"You see, happiness is actually very simple. As for those painful and bad memories, you will find out when they are over, but they are just a talk."

When Jiang Yingyi finished talking and then turned around, he found that both brothers were staring at her intently.

She coughed awkwardly and turned around to avoid the sight of the two of them: "What's the matter, is the chicken soup tired of you?"

Yun Yan quickly shook his head: "No, no, thank you, I know what you said."

Even the master driver who was silent all the way couldn't help giving her a thumbs up: "Little girl, what you said is really good!"

Yun Xian smiled, looked away and turned to Yun Yan, and asked what everyone had been worried about all day: "Where did everyone go today?"

Jiang Ying hurriedly agreed: "Yes, yes, where did you go shopping today? Have you eaten anything delicious?"

Yun Yan summed up his truancy day succinctly: "I picked a bus at random, went around half a circle, met a second-hand bookstore on the way, and finished the three-body book that I didn't read."

Yun Xian then remembered that Yun Xian had borrowed a classmate's "Three-Body Problem" to watch after the phone was gone. One time, he didn't pay attention to the time and saw it at two o'clock in the night. After being discovered by his mother, he checked the room thoroughly the next day. Learn things that are irrelevant.

Yun Xian was also scolded that time, and was warned by his mother not to cover up or condone.

It is estimated that this kid Yun Yan is also very uncomfortable. He is only a few chapters away from reading, and it is not easy to hold back for more than half a year.

Yun Xian asked him, "How did it end?"

"I don't know." Yun Yan lowered his head and looked unexpectedly depressed, "I don't know why, I always get distracted when I read it, thinking about which one of the exam papers other people have done now, which unit I have reviewed. I finally forced myself to finish reading it, and when I closed the book, I realized that I didn't remember anything."

"So you ended up going back to school?"

Yun Dai smiled shyly: "It's a little embarrassing to say, but when I saw the school logo, I felt an unprecedented peace of mind."

Yun Xian sighed and hated that iron was not steel, "So you're embarrassed, it's the first time you saw a deserter come back and surrender."

Jiang Ying immediately glared at Yun Xian and motioned for him to shut up, then turned around and smiled and said to Yun Xi: "What is escaping about the scholar, let's save it and fight in the future. Besides, there is no shame in escaping. Ah, I love to run away."

Yun Xian chuckled lightly: "You will be comforting."

Jiang Ying glared at him again, the latter pursed his lips and signaled to shut up, and made a gesture to her to continue.

Jiang Ying adjusted and continued: "But it's true that escaping can't solve the problem. You can isolate yourself for a short time, think about what to do, or simply distract your attention to adjust your mood. It is still to be faced.”

After Jiang Ying finished his encouragement, it was Yun Xian's turn to educate him. He put on a somewhat elder brother's attitude and said sternly: "Brother doesn't scold you, because I know you've worked hard, and you're reasonable. But you really did it today. No, let everyone worry about you for a day."

Yun Yan obediently admitted his mistake: "I see, it was me who was wrong."

Seeing the sincerity, Yun Xian nodded with satisfaction and asked, "Do you regret it now?"

Yun Yan replied without hesitation: "I don't regret it, at least when I took the first step, I felt relieved."

"There's nothing to be afraid of in the college entrance examination. Haven't you always done well?" When Yun Xian finished speaking, he just arrived at his destination.

It was already five o'clock, and the early summer sun was still dazzling. It rained two days ago, but today the air is clean, and the sky is blue with white clouds floating.

Yun Yan finally showed his first smile of the day, and his eyes regained the brilliance, as if he had relieved the pressure from his body, and really went into battle lightly: "I know, I have passed so many exams, and it's not bad. This last door!"

Jiang Ying raised her hand silently as the atmosphere gradually turned towards blood: "It's not that I want to spoil the scenery. There are still more terrifying exams in the university."

The innocent high school student Yun Qian opened her innocent eyes and asked a question that made them both laugh and say nothing: "Isn't college just for fun?"

Don't scare the candidates, Yun Xian handed over the schoolbag and the house key: "You go up first, the takeout is expected to arrive soon, you can eat first when you are hungry."

Yun Qian asked, "Where are you going?"

"Take your little sister Jiang to buy some daily necessities, she will stay at home tonight."

When Yunxi went upstairs, Jiang Ying realized something later and suddenly wanted to stay at someone's house. She felt embarrassed: "Actually, I can go to the hotel."

Yun Xian looked down at her: "Why are you shy?"

Jiang Ying widened her eyes and raised her voice to bluff: "How can I?"

Yun Xian pointed to himself, and then pointed to Yun Xian who was going upstairs: "You sleep in my room, I sleep in the small room. It is convenient to go to the airport tomorrow morning if you live at home."

"Oh, that's it." Jiang Ying nodded and walked away to hide his guilty conscience, but before he could take a step, Yun Xian grabbed his wrist and pulled him back.

"What's the matter? Don't you want to go to the supermarket?"

"Do something first."

As soon as the voice fell, Yunxian held her wrist and walked into the corridor.

The sun was slanting west, the timed lights had not yet turned on, the corridor was dark, dark, and empty, and any subtle sounds were amplified and clearly transmitted to the ears.

Jiang Ying was nudged by Yun Xian, and her back pressed against the concrete wall.

A small rough feeling rubbed against her back, and she moved uncomfortably, but was regarded by the other party as a tendency to run away.

Maybe it was Yun Xian's gentle and unpredictable side that he always showed, so when he grabbed Jiang Ying's two wrists with one hand and pressed them over his head, the other hand wrapped her waist and leaned over to kiss her. When he left, Jiang Ying's heart was hanging in the air, and he felt an unprecedented nervousness.

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